Lake Arrowhead, California

Lake Arrowhead, California
Census-designated place
Location in San Bernardino County and the state of California
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Coordinates: 34°14′54″N 117°11′21″W / 34.24833°N 117.18917°W / 34.24833; -117.18917[1]
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Bernardino
Named for	Lake Arrowhead Reservoir
Area [2]
• Total	18.951 sq mi (49.082 km2)
• Land	17.727 sq mi (45.913 km2)
• Water	1.224 sq mi (3.170 km2)  6.46%
Elevation [1]	5,174 ft (1,577 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	12,424
• Density	660/sq mi (250/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Code	92352
Area code	909
FIPS code	06-39444
GNIS feature IDs	1652738, 2408532

Lake Arrowhead is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County, California, surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest, and surrounding the eponymous Lake Arrowhead Reservoir. Lake Arrowhead is located 13 miles north east of the San Bernardino city limits. The population of the CDP was estimated at 12,424 in the 2010 census. It was formerly called "Little Bear Lake", until around 1920, when a group from Los Angeles, the Arrowhead Lake Company, bought the lake and the land surrounding it, and changed its name to Arrowhead Lake.

Tourism is the primary economic generator for the area, contributing several million dollars per year to the county and providing hundreds of full-time and part-time jobs for local residents.^{[citation needed]} The area is host to over four million visitors a year. There are 400 guest rooms in hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts, vacation cabin rentals, condos, and rustic cabin lodges and resorts.^{[citation needed]}